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Outdoor ritual on bare red-brown earth at the ashram grounds, with a rust-coloured metal frame holding a coconut suspended from a rope in the centre. Two people in orange saffron robes stand at right, one pulling the rope with a bowed body as if striking or breaking the suspended coconut. A crowd of devotees in white and cream clothing stands and sits around the field, with a few in yellow and green kurtas. At lower right, a bald man in orange robes sits cross-legged near a kneeling man in grey and a woman in white kneeling on the ground. A white-clad figure stands at left beside a small group, and a blue-and-white logo appears at top left. Trees and a sky with light clouds form the backdrop.

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December 19 20092009-12-19December 19 20092009-12-19December 19 20092009-12-19Outdoor photo on bare reddish-brown earth showing a tall rust-red metal frame with a pulley, from which a coconut hangs wrapped in white cloth with a red-and-white band. A thin rope runs from the pulley to the right, where two people in saffron-orange robes pull it. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl stands with his back to the camera, and a person in white kurta-pyjama stands beside a man in grey clothing. Seated and standing crowds in white, grey and pastel clothes watch from the background under a pale sky with trees and a low wall.2009-12-19Outdoor photo on a dusty, puddled dirt ground under an overcast sky. A clay pot hangs from a rope strung between two tall rust-coloured poles at right and centre, a pot-breaking style game. A man in white kurta and white dhoti stands centre with a stick in hand, bald-headed, with a rudraksha-style mala visible at his neck. Around him, devotees in white kurtas and white dhotis, a monk in saffron robes, and women in white saris and salwar kameez hold small cups and stand beside blue plastic drums. A crowd of onlookers, many in white, watches from the background, some seated on the ground. Blue plastic drums, a red-brick wall and trees frame the open lot.2010-09-02December 19 20092009-12-19Outdoor photo at an open dirt compound on a bright day. A tall rust-red metal gantry holds a hanging red-and-white bucket on a rope, with water spilled across the ground. Several people stand around in white clothes: a man in a white kurta at left, a man in white with a yellow waist cord at centre-right, and a man in a white shirt with a yellow cord at right. A person in an orange-saffron robe stands near the centre-right holding a red bucket, and children in colourful outfits, including a pink top and blue shirt, are gathered at left. Blue water drums and red buckets sit on the right, with a building under construction and trees behind.2010-12-22Outdoor photo on a bare red-earth ground at an ashram site. A tall rectangular steel frame with a pulley and rope stands at centre, with a small white cloth bundle hanging from it and fresh soil heaped beneath. Around it a large crowd of people in white clothes gathers, many wearing white kurtas and white saris, with a few in brown and grey. One figure at the left in an orange robe stands out. Blue plastic drums and a blue tarp sit at the right, with partially built concrete structures and trees behind.2009-12-19A photograph of a group of people gathered on a bare, reddish-brown earth site under a clear blue sky. A tall rust-coloured metal gantry frame stands in the foreground, with a pulley and rope suspending a small pot or vessel. Several men in white dhoti-style clothing, one in a saffron/orange shirt and one in a light green kurta, stand in a cluster watching, while a few women in white and dark clothing stand nearby, one in a white top holding the rope. A blue signboard and a few distant construction vehicles and trees appear in the background.2009-12-19December 19 20092009-12-19December 13 20112011-12-13December 19 20092009-12-19